[NetBehaviour] Change Alley - Hungarian minor mode

[Simon Mclennan]

Thanks Alan.. 
On 16 Apr 2021, at 03:07, Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

> quite like the intensity of this and I can hear Tom Waits somewhere in the distance or maybe the floor below -
> 
> Best, Alan, love the scale as well
> 
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 5:41 PM Simon Mclennan via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
> Performing my songs solo rather than with the trio… some drum sequencing overlaid
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kllNRD2Ww
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> This song penned a few years ago called CHANGE ALLEY (original may be heard on band camp https://solidbirdsflying.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-of-soldiers )
> 
> for those who might care this song was conceived using the Hungarian mode… and the triads thus derived
> 
> the note B is referred throughout 
> 
> which note is the second degree using A as the root
> 
> creating the tension and mood of the song
> 
> The lyrics refer to Change Alley behind the bank of England… arguably where it all started
> 
> and organ grinders plied their trade later on
> 
> The single performance was cut in length - the middle section is always improvised - I never plan it - but attempt to
> 
> go where it takes me
> 
> HERE THE FULL LYRIC
> 
> Night turns into the day 
> It's an epic feeling 
> All the newcomers 
> All the old men 
> And the young men that sit 
> In their traders' red braces 
> Mr big shot in the 21st Century 
> Is not a schizo 
> With one proviso 
> Two houses in the sun 
> Twenty pints of cider 
> The particle beam 
> That would have satisfied all newcomers 
> And all the old men 
> 
> Creature comfort - seldom satisfied 
> (Creature comfort) 
> Contraband - elephant ivory 
> (Ivory) 
> Silver service - crime of passion 
> (Crime of passion) 
> Hereditary - mended shoes in the factory 
> Horror film 
> (Horror) 
> 
> Organ grinder and the young men 
> That sit in their traders' braces 
> Take a walk down Change Alley
> 
> Thank you,
> Simon
> 
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